AJPW: We can still draw a crowd~!

[dinosaur]

OH YEAH~! Keiji Mutoh's 25th anniversary special @ Pro Wrestling Love in Ryogoku VOLUME 8.

Kenta Kobashi returned to AJPW for a one off in a six man tag against Satoshi Kojima's F4 faction in a thrilling match~!

Riki Choshu & Shiro Koshinaka also made their return to AJPW, which is awesome.

Mutoh teamed with Masakatsu Funaki against Masahiro Chono and Minoru Suzuki.

This truly was a show of legends, and as a result, they sold out Sumo Hall for the first time in FUCKING FOREVER. Good work ladies.

Here's the story:

"All Japan returned to Sumo Hall today to celebrate Keiji Muto’s 25th Anniversary, and did so in a big fashion. Firstly, Kenta Kobashi made his first All Japan in-ring appearance since joining NOAH in 2000, and brought along with him another All Japan defect, Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, also NOAH trained Akhihiko Ito.

The show was said to be filled head to toe, and it seems that Satoshi Kojima marched down after the Triple Crown event and challenged Yoshihiro Takayama to a match for the belts, could that happen in Yokohama next month?


AJPW “PRO-WRESTLING LOVE in RYOGOKU vol. 8″, 8/30/09 (PPV)
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
12,800 Fans - Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Seiya Sanada beat Hate (6:10) with a Japanese legroll clutch hold.
2. Minoru & Toshizo beat NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA (6:23) when Minoru used the FIREBALL Splash on MAZADA.
3. Akebono, Masayuki Kono & Ryota Hama beat TARU, ZODIAC & Joe Doering (8:50) when Hama used the Ryota Hammer on ZODIAC.
4. Riki Choshu & Shiro Koshinaka beat Osamu Nishimura & Manabu Soya (5:53) when Soya used a lariat on Choshu.
5. AJPW World Jr. Heavyweight Title: Kaz Hayashi (c) beat Shuji Kondo (30:14) with a swan-dive jumping huracanrana (4th defense).
6. Satoshi Kojima, KAI & Hiroshi Yamato beat Kenta Kobashi , Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Akihiko Ito (29:13) when Kojima used a lariat on Ito.
7. Triple Crown: Yoshihiro Takayama (c) beat Suwama (26:21) with the Everest German suplex hold (2nd defense).
8. Keiji Muto 25th Anniversary Special: Keiji Muto & Masakatsu Funaki beat Masahiro Chono & Minoru Suzuki (21:19) when Muto used a moonsault press on Suzuki."

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[hacksawinc]

Was Tajiri there? He is the biggest Japanese legend.

[dinosaur]

Sept 1, 2009 1:50:17 GMT -5 @hacksawinc said:

Was Tajiri there? He is the biggest Japanese legend.

Er. No.

[hacksawinc]

Laaaaame.

[Venom]

Yoshi Tatsu is the real answer.

[dinosaur]

Sept 1, 2009 1:56:42 GMT -5 Venom said:

Yoshi Tatsu is the real answer.

FUCKING YES~!

[hacksawinc]

I like that guy. He was legitimately in Japan too, right? Dino, if you could recomend me some old Yoshi matches to look up maybe I will actually watch some of this 'Japanese wrestling'.

[dinosaur]

Sept 1, 2009 1:59:11 GMT -5 @hacksawinc said:

I like that guy. He was legitimately in Japan too, right? Dino, if you could recomend me some old Yoshi matches to look up maybe I will actually watch some of this 'Japanese wrestling'.

Nothing to recommend. He was a legit jobber. Bottom of the card constantly, never had any stand out matches really.

[hacksawinc]

I see. Oh well.